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Senegal is a multilingual country: Ethnologue lists 36 languages, Wolof being the most widely spoken language. French, is the only official language of Senegal, used mainly by the administration, the education and spoken by 26% of the total population. [1] Senegal is a member State of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
The Francophonie flag flying at the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa. French is an official language, mostly in conjunction with English, of 36 international organisations. These include: Francophonie; United Nations; International Olympic Committee; European Union; African Union; NATO; World Trade Organization; Council of Europe
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region.Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet, is considered one of the founding fathers of the concept of Francophonie, a global alliance of French-speaking countries.
Some colonies, protectorates and mandates of the French Colonial Empire used distinctive colonial flags.These most commonly had a French Tricolour in the canton.. As well as the flags of individual colonies, the governors-general of French colonies flew a square flag with a blue field and the French ensign in the canton.
The national flag of Senegal (drapeau national du Sénégal) is a tricolour consisting of three vertical green, yellow and red bands charged with a five-pointed green star at the centre. [1] Adopted in 1960 to replace the flag of the Mali Federation, it has been the flag of the Republic of Senegal since the country gained independence that year ...
The term francophonie was invented by Onésime Reclus in 1880: "We also put aside four large countries, Senegal, Gabon, Cochinchina and Cambodia, whose future from a "Francophone" point of view is still very doubtful, except perhaps for Senegal" (in French « Nous mettons aussi de côté quatre grands pays, le Sénégal, le Gabon, la Cochinchine, le Cambodge dont l’avenir au point de vue ...
On December 31, 2024, Senegal and Ivory Coast announced that they would end the presence of foreign forces in their country, particularly French forces, [92] and would terminate their military cooperation and defense-security agreements with France. [93] The status of the end of the presence of French forces in Senegal is planned for September ...